Chevrolet Silverado 1500 vs Nissan Titan: recalls and problems

Since 2000 the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 has 55 recalls and 16,661 owner complaints; the Nissan Titan has 34 recalls and 3,268 complaints. Counts are not adjusted for how many of each were sold.

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At a glance

Chevrolet Silverado 1500Nissan Titan
Recalls5534
Do-not-drive / park-outside recalls20
Owner complaints16,6613,268
Crashes reported667105
Fires reported22150
Injuries reported45873
Most reported problemService BrakesPower Train

NHTSA data, model years 2000 onward.

Complaints by model year

Chevrolet Silverado 1500Nissan Titan
2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 525 complaints2005 Nissan Titan: 891 complaints20052006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 359 complaints2006 Nissan Titan: 430 complaints2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 849 complaints2007 Nissan Titan: 140 complaints20072008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 914 complaints2008 Nissan Titan: 133 complaints2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 445 complaints2009 Nissan Titan: 47 complaints20092010 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 363 complaints2010 Nissan Titan: 46 complaints2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 565 complaints2011 Nissan Titan: 26 complaints20112012 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 216 complaints2012 Nissan Titan: 22 complaints2013 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 302 complaints2013 Nissan Titan: 11 complaints20132014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 1,438 complaints2014 Nissan Titan: 10 complaints2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 1,111 complaints2015 Nissan Titan: 12 complaints20152016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 797 complaints2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 715 complaints2017 Nissan Titan: 187 complaints20172018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 524 complaints2018 Nissan Titan: 90 complaints2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 1,105 complaints2019 Nissan Titan: 49 complaints20192020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 755 complaints2020 Nissan Titan: 23 complaints2021 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 859 complaints2021 Nissan Titan: 58 complaints20212022 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 663 complaints2022 Nissan Titan: 14 complaints2023 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 397 complaints2023 Nissan Titan: 18 complaints20232024 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 323 complaints2024 Nissan Titan: 15 complaints2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 111 complaints20252026 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: 132 complaints2026

Every model year

YearSilverado 1500 recallsSilverado 1500 complaintsTitan recallsTitan complaints
20263132——
20250111——
20242323215
20233397218
20226663414
20218859558
202012755523
2019101,105449
20187524490
201777153187
201612797——
2015111,111112
201461,438210
20132302311
20122216222
20114565126
20103363346
20093445347
200839145133
200728491140
200603595430
200505254891

Chevrolet Silverado 1500: top problems

Service Brakes3,910
Engine3,074
Electrical System2,639
Power Train2,427
Air Bags2,367
Unknown or other1,577

Nissan Titan: top problems

Power Train1,353
Engine585
Service Brakes492
Fuel System277
Electrical System272
Suspension210
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Questions

Which has more problems, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 or the Nissan Titan?

Since model year 2000 owners have filed 16,661 complaints about the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and 3,268 about the Nissan Titan with NHTSA, so the Nissan Titan has fewer. These are raw counts: the model that sold more will usually have more complaints, so compare individual model years too.

Which has more recalls, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 or the Nissan Titan?

NHTSA lists 55 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and 34 for the Nissan Titan since model year 2000.